Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

28 reviews

thejadylady's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I usually read books in the first person in this one is third person omniscient, so that was a little challenging for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Body horror

Minor: Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

the animal deaths bothered me but they were shortly mentioned

eyyitsalex's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Infidelity, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Murder

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

bookish_bridget's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really good start to a fantasy series and I’m excited to see what happens next in this world. There was a very interesting plot twist at the end of the book which has me very curious on how the next book will play out. I found that the plot developed pretty slowly and I wish the world building was slightly more accessible because I often found myself confused about the many elements of this world. I feel like all the characters were established really well and that I have a good understand of their connections to one another. I also really enjoyed the aesthetic of this fantasy world and its dark qualities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Sexual content

All the sexual content in this book is fade to black so there isn’t anything graphic

maple_dove's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book is as exactly as dark, mysterious, and intriguing as expected! Love it!

On another note, wtf Joseph. You deserve neither Mirabella nor Jules..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Sexual content (fade-to-black scenes), Infanticide (minor)

zaesbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

What a book! A spoiler-free review to help you decide if you want to read: 

If you are a lover of fantasy novels that have a unique concept, world-building, beautiful writing, political intrigue, and explore all the ins and outs of different kinds of relationships - this series is for you!

So here’s what you can expect: a very interesting, dark concept for a story (three triplets who are raised separately on an island filled with magic, knowing they will either die or kill their sisters to become queen at the mere age of 16), good world-building, examples of a multitude of relationships (including romantic subplots), magic, political power dynamics, surprises, and a plot-twist or two. 

Heads up- there are four novels and two novellas (both novellas together in one book: Queens of Fennbirn). Do not read the novellas before reading Three Dark Crowns and One Dark Throne. It contains spoilers for the first two books of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

cardlikecredit's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The beginning was really slow and then it picks up real fast halfway through. I could have also used a character map, there were so many names to keep track of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, and War

Minor: Animal death

akirma's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The premise is so promising, but the writing style made reading this like pulling teeth. The characters seem flat, there's no discernible rationale behind their actions. The author throws the world at your feet and just expects you to go along with it. I kept thinking "this scene would be great if it were written by someone competent". It's a pity, seeing as the plot twists at the end of the book make me want to know what happens next but I just can't take 400 more pages of this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

pagesbycaroline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Second read of this book. It's been long enough since I read it the first time that most everything was a surprise, which was delightful. There are many twists that I did not remember, so it was almost like reading it for the first time. I very much enjoy the dark nature of this story and cannot wait to continue reading the series. I remember in the beginning, Katharine was my favorite, but now I am leaning more towards Arsinoe.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Blood

cc0906's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail